Lesley's Stampin Ground

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Luxe Foliage Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hi friends,

A pretty card with lots of gold including the Luxe Foliage Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168599) which is September’s Product Of The Month.

For the Basic White card front (#166781) I used the now retired Eyelet Blooms Die, the added the strip of the DSP to the left side.

The Gold Foil Sheets (#132622) were used for the leaves, and cut with a Nature’s Symphony Die (#166925). I attached these to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

“Happy Birthday” is from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies (#170042) and I used the Gold Stampin’ Hot Foil Rolls (#170066). This is using the Reverse Plate (#170043), then cut with the co-ordinating cutting die. The sentiment was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The gold Flower Accents (#165171) were added to finish the card.

The card front was matted with Peaceful Pine card (#167692) and attached to the Basic White base card.

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Monday, 7 September 2026

Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies

Hello friends,

Whenever possible when doing the Hot Foiling, I use the reverse image while the machine is still hot, so I am getting a stock of images waiting to be used. Today I have used the reverse image from yesterday’s card. I used the brick from the Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies (#170048) with the Reverse Hot Foils Die (#170043) on Very Vanilla card (#166785). I had used the Copper Stampin’ Hot Foil Rolls (#170553).

I cut the arch using a die from the Everyday Arches (#164629) from Pretty Peacock card (#150886), then dry embossed this with the (retired) Birch Wood Embossing Folder. The bricks and Pretty Peacock card were attached to the Very Vanilla Base Card.

The leaves were cut using a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925) from Lost Lagoon card (#133686) and Pool Party card (#124391), then were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). For the Pool Party leaves, I cut some of the leaves from the larger die cut, rather than using the full image.

“Have A Great Birthday” is from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set (#167922) and stamped with Pretty Peacock ink (#150083) and cut with a Nested Essentials die (#161597). Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) were used to attach the sentiment.

The “embellishments” were cut with a “berry” die from the Noel Tidings dies (#168457) using some “leftover” copper from the Hot Foiling of the bricks. These were attached with Mini Glue Dots.

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Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies

Hello everyone,

I have used the Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies (#170048) for this beautiful silver background behind the leaves.

I used the Silver Foil (#170067) on Basic White card (#166781). This card and the Shimmering Stripes Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168197) were matted with Coastal Cabana card (#131302) and attached to the Basic White base card.

I used a Natures Symphony die (#166925) to cut the leaves from Coastal Cabana card. This was attached to the card front with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Happiest Birthday Wishes” from the Notes Of Spring stamp set (#167979) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used Silver Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was cut with a Stitched Stocking die (#168230) - coming in the next catalogue on 1st September. The edges of the sentiment was daubered with Coastal Cabana ink (#147097) and then attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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Sunday, 12 July 2026

Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies

Hello again stamping friends,

I am having so much fun with the Stampin’ Hot Foil System (#170012). I have used 2 of the dies on today’s card, for the background and the sentiment.

The gold foil background is from the Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies (#170048). This was applied to Pool Party card (#124391). I then cut the top and bottom of this card with the dies from the Bordered In Beauty dies (#167556).

I dry embossed the Lost Lagoon card (#133686) with the Fern & Flora Embossing Folder (#167744) and attached it to the Basic White base card (#166781). The Pool Party card was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The leaf from the Natures Symphony dies (#166925) was cut from Pretty Peacock card (#150886). This was attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

I used the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies (#170052) for the sentiment. This set has 11 different sentiments with a cutting die to cut them. These are great to have on hand for any card. “Thank You” was also attached with Mini Glue Dots. The embellishments the Flower Accents (#165171).

The Echos of Detail Hot Foil Dies has 3 designs, the other 2 designs are brickwork and French damask. There is also a stamp set which co-ordinates with it - Echos Of Detail stamp set (#170046). Of course these are also available as a bundle - Echos Of Detail Bundle (#170049).

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Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Nature’ Symphony Dies

Hi again friends,

This beautiful leaf has been cut with one of the Nature’s Symphony Dies (#166925).

The leaf was cut from Pretty Peacock card (#150886).

The card front is Nature’s Walk Designer Series Paper (#166912) and this was matted with Pretty Peacock card. This was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

I cut the Basic White card and the Regal Distressed Patterns Specialty Designer Series Paper (#164037) with a Stylish Shapes die (#159183). “Happy Birthday” from the Unbounded Love stamp set (#163378) was stamped with Pretty Peacock ink (#150083). The squares were taped to the card front.

The leaves were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144103). The dragonflies are from the retired Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds.

The Last Chance Products used on this card are the Regal Distressed Patterns Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Unbounded Love stamp set.

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Sunday, 29 March 2026

Nature’s Symphony Bundle

Hello again stamping friends,

Today I have used the Nature’s Symphony Bundle (#166926) which consists of the Nature’s Symphony stamp set (#166919) and Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925).

The large leaves were stamped with Old Olive ink (#147090) and the smaller leaves with Crumb Cake ink (#147116). These were cut with the dies. I also cut leaves from Mossy Meadow card (#133683). The woodgrain die cut also uses one of the Nature’s Symphony dies and I used Old Olive card (#106576).

I stamped the large leaves onto Nature Walk Designer Series Paper (#166912) using Old Olive ink, stamped off. The DSP was matted with Old Olive card and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

“Just A Note” from the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150) was stamped with Mossy Meadow ink (#147111) and punched with the Three Banner punch (#167050).

The stamped Old Olive leaves and the Mossy Meadow leaves were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The woodgrain piece was taped to the card and the sentiment and Crumb Cake leaves were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

These Faux Bronze Pentagons (#166931) were the embellishments used on the card.

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Friday, 27 March 2026

Notes Of Spring stamp set

Hello again friends,

The March Product Of The Month is the Notes Of Spring stamp set (#167979). With a qualifying order (in Australia it is a $125 order) you can purchase the product of the month for just $9.

The deer are from the stamp set and I have stamped the outline with Pecan Pie ink (#161665). The inside was stamped with Pecan Pie ink, stamping off first, to get the lighter colour. These were then fussy cut, then glimmer was added using the Clear Wink OF Stella (#141897).

The Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper (#165196) was used for the card front and matted with Pecan Pie card (#161726), then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

One deer was taped to the card and the other with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

I cut a piece of Pecan Pie card with a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925) and taped it to the card, then the sentiment on top. The sentiment is also from the Notes Of Spring stamp set and stamped with Pecan Pie ink. A Fragrant Layers die (#167154) cut the sentiment and was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The Pressed Flower Motifs (#165215) were added to finish the card.

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Sunday, 22 March 2026

Notes Of Spring Stamp Set

Hello stamping friends,

Each month Stampin’ Up! has a new Product Of The Month which in Australia you can purchase for $9 with a $125 order. These products will carry over if they are still in stock. I have used 2 products of the month on today’s card - Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper (#167977) and the Notes Of Spring Stamp Set (#167979).

I stamped the outline of deer from the stamp set with Pecan Pie ink (#161665). Then I stamped the inside with Pecan Pie ink but stamped off first to get the lighter colour.

I then stamped the deer onto Masking paper (#155480) and cut around the image. I placed this over the original stamped image and stamped the grass on either side of the deer. Using the masking method it avoids stamping over the deer and gives the illusion of the deer in front of the grass. I then stamped the smaller grass image at the front and sides. I used Granny Apple Green ink (#147095) for the grass. The deer was then cut with a Spotlight On Nature die (#163580).

The Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper was used for the card front and attached to the Basic White Base card (#166781).

I used one of the dies from the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925) to cut the rows of dots along the bottom of the Vellum Specialty Paper (#167099). Another die was used to cut the “woodgrain” piece from Gold Foil (#132622).

“Happiest Birthday Wishes” is from the Notes Of Spring stamp set and I stamped this with Pecan Pie ink. This was cut with a (retired) Beautiful Butterflies die.

The Granny Apple Green card (#147014), backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) was used for the leaves cut with the Delicate Wishes dies (#167505).

When using Vellum, I add all the pieces to the vellum before attaching the vellum to the card. Then I attach the vellum using adhesive only in the areas that won’t be visible. The leaves were attached with the adhesive sheet, I taped the gold woodgrain, the Circle was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and the sentiment with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) and a Mini Glue Dot (#103683). The embellishments are the Natural Matte Dots (#167510).

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Saturday, 14 March 2026

Fragrant Layers stamp set

Hello again friends,

I was very happy with the results of this card in neutral colours using the Fragrant layers stamp set (#167150).

I stamped the outline of larger floral image and the individual flowers with Pecan Pie ink (#161665) onto Very Vanilla card (#166785). I then stamped the inside of the flowers with Crumb Cake ink (#166787), the leaves with Basic Beige ink (#163806) and the flower centres with Darling Duckling ink (#165277) - stamped off.

The card front is Woodgrain Wonders Designer Series Paper (#167428) and matted with Pecan Pie card (#161726). The base card is Very Vanilla.

I cut the 2 woodgrain pieces from Pecan Pie card using a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925). These were taped to the card front.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Loveliest Tree stamp set (#163714) and stamped with Pecan Pie ink. I cut this with a Stylish Shapes die (#159183) and also taped this to the card.

The flowers were fussy cut, then I cut the larger image in 2 pieces. All the flowers were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

Glimmer was added to the flowers using the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897). The Antique Pearls (#164679) were added to finish the card.

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Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Nature’s Symphony Dies

HI again friends,

I am trying to increase my supply of masculine cards, so here is one using the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925).

For the card front I used 3 of the designs from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (#163393) and attached them to the Tungsten Paper from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772). This was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The leaf was cut with a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies using Mossy Meadow card (#133683) which was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334), making it very easy to attach to the card.

The “wood grain” piece was also cut with a Nature’s Symphony dies using from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper. This was attached with Stampin’ Dimensioanls (#104430).

“Happy Birthday” from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used Silver powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). The Heat Tool (#129056) was used to set the powder. A die from Fragrant Layers (#167154) was used to cut the sentiment.

The Natural Matte Dots (#167510) were added to the card.

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Thursday, 12 February 2026

Fragrant Layers Bundle

Hi friends,

These flowers & leaves are from the Fragrant Layers Bundle (#167155). The dies don’t actually cut these flowers so I have fussy cut them. There are a variety of dies which cut different parts of the flowers.

The flowers from the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150) were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (#132708) onto Very Vanilla card (#166785). The Stampin’ Blends to colour the image are Flirty Flamingo (#154884), Pretty In Pink (#163824), Bubble Bath (#161675), Strawberry Slush (#165290), Daffodil Delight (#154883) and Lemon Lime Twist (#161682).

The Very Vanilla card front was dry embossed with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170), the matted with Mossy Meadow card (#133683). The card base is Very Vanilla.

I used a die from the Natures Symphony dies (#166926) and this cut the rows of dots from the strip of Nature Walk Designer Series Paper (#166912). The Gold Foil (#132622) was also cut with a die from Natures Symphony. These 2 pieces were taped to the card.

The detailed die cut leaves were cut with the Fragrant Layers dies (#167154) using Mossy Meadow card and Old Olive card (#106576). The flowers were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and the leaves were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The sentiment is from the Friendly Foliage stamp set (#167021) and I stamped this with Strawberry Slush ink (#165286). The Three Banner Punch (#167050) was used to punch the sentiment and Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to attach it to the card.

Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was added to the flowers and the embellishments are Low Profile Sparkle Dots (#166157).

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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Simply Beautiful bundle

Hello again friends,

This large flower is from the Simply Beautiful dies (#166964).

I cut the solid background of the flower from the Beautiful Bokeh 6”x6” Designer Series Paper (#164607). The next 2 layers were cut from Basic White card (#166781) then the stamens from Crumb Cake card (#121685).

I added some colour to the centres of the white petals with a Blending Brush (#153611) and Daffodil Delight ink (#147094) and a Sponge Dauber (#133773) was used to colour the tips of the petals. The white petals and stamen were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683), then attached to the solid flower with a Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The leaves were cut with a die from the Natures Symphony dies (#166925). I used Nature Walk Designer Series Paper (#166912) and this gave a subtle variation to the leaves. I then cut this leaf into 3 pieces to place it where I wanted it around the flower. The leaves were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots.

The Basic White card front was dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (#161600) and matted with Lost Lagoon card (#133686). The base card is also Basic White.

Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) added glimmer to the flower, then I finished the card with the Low-Profile Sparkle Dots (#166157).

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

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Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Swirled Designs Bundle

Hi again friends,

I am back in the craft room after a refreshing extended long weekend away. Today I have used the Swirled Designs Bundle (#167311) combined with the Natures Symphony dies (#166925).

I have used 4 of the images from the Swirled Designs stamp set (#167030) to stamp the Basic White card front (#166781). The inks used are Lost Lagoon (#161678), Pretty Peacock (#150083) and Secret Sea (#165285). I have used the Secret Sea stamped off for the “splatters”.

The detailed oval Silver Foil (#163387) pieces were cut with the Swirled Designs Dies (#167032). This foil was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) before cutting, then easily attached to the card.

The leaves were cut with a Natures Symphony Die (#166925). The Pretty Peacock card (#150886) for the leaves was also backed with Adhesive Sheet. I attached the Lost Lagoon (#133686) leaves with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Thank You” from the Heirlooms Arrangements kit (#165007) was stamped with Pretty Peacock ink and cut with a Fragrant Layers die (#167154). This was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

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